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Valve Tower SE corner of Widdop Reservoir, Heptonstall - CBC02087
Grade II
Valve-tower for Widdop Reservoir constructed 1872-1878 by John La Trobe Bateman engineer. Large ashlar blocks, bitumen roof. Square on plan with tapering sides. Egyptian in style. Door to south has monolithic jambs with batter. Corners…
Valve-tower for Widdop Reservoir constructed 1872-1878 by John La Trobe Bateman engineer. Large ashlar blocks, bitumen roof. Square on plan with tapering sides. Egyptian in style. Door to south has monolithic jambs with batter. Corners…
Widdop Reservoir from Widdop Head - WMH00743
Widdop Road winding across the moors between Heptonstall and Colne. Stone for building will have been quarried from the hole right of centre.
Reservoir Railway, Blake Dean, Nr. Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge - WMH00726
Undated postcard. One of the 15 engines used during the construction of the reservoirs at Walshaw Dean for Halifax Corporation. Work started in 1901. As well as transporting supplies and materials the railway was also used to transport the navvies…
Lee Dam, Lumbutts - JNB00692
Postcard dated 1984.
Baitings Reservoir, 1995 - MCH00275
During the drought that year the water level fell to below the old road.
Baitings Reservoir, 1995 - MCH00274
During the drought that year the water level fell to below the old road.
Baitings Reservoir, 1995 - MCH00273
During the drought that year the water level fell to below the old road.
The Former New Inn, Baitings - MCH00265
The inn was closed in June 2000 and was converted to a private dwelling.
New Inn, Baitings - MCH00261
The inn, close to Baitings Reservoir, closed in June 2000, this photo was taken soon after that. The property is now a private dwelling.
Waterworks Committee visit to Gorple Reservoirs & Filter Plant - MOS00104
27th Aug, 1938. Fred Barker, Bottomley (surveyor), Fred Hodgson, G.W. Sutcliffe, Milton Sunderland, G.H. Walton, Tom Sunderland (Treasurer) Arthur Sutcliffe.
Drawoff Pipe at Green Withens Reservoir - CVH00196
Pictured during the drought of 1958/59.
Constructed in 1898 as a compensation tunnel for Green Withens Reservoir, one of the former Wakefield Water Board’s biggest holdings with a capacity of over 300 million gallons, the tunnel runs back for 850…
Constructed in 1898 as a compensation tunnel for Green Withens Reservoir, one of the former Wakefield Water Board’s biggest holdings with a capacity of over 300 million gallons, the tunnel runs back for 850…
Albert Fairbanks, Reservoir Keeper - CVH00192
At Green Withens Reservoir, Rishworth
Ogden Reservoir, Halifax - DPC00359
Postcard dated 1910.
Todmorden Waterworks 1905 - TAL00420
AN 70082790
Field Trip to Cragg Vale - TAL00342
AN 34131789
Building of Gorpley Reservoir, Todmorden - TAL00138
The reservoir was opened in 1905. AN 69926338
Gentleman at a Reservoir - CVH00166
Probably Withens Reservoir, Cragg Vale.
Official Opening of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs - EIL00128
1st October 1907. Group of dignitaries just coming our of the valve house of one of the reservoirs.
Walshaw Dean Lodge. - EIL00127
Originally termed a cottage, the size and elegance of this water keeper's house became a bit controversial during the latter stages of construction of the reservoirs. The foundation stone for the building was laid in May 1903. The large room on the…